Question

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 19.”

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,
And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,5
And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets;
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:
O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;10
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.
Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.

Which is the best paraphrase of the line 9?

Keep time from passing.
Time cannot alter my love.
My love has beautiful brows.
Do not make my love look older.

Answer 1

"Do not make my love look older." -This is the correct answer.

Explanation:

• In Sonnet 19, Shakespeare has spoken about the power of time.
• Time is so powerful that could change anything and everything. It demolishes the strong and weak, rich and poor. Nobody can escape from time.
• But in line 9, "O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow," Shakespeare says that time should not touch the man's appearance. The love's face should be untouched and unchanged in the the course of time.
• He says that there should be no wrinkles near his brows even when time passes.
• Therefore the best paraphrase of line 9, out of the given options is: Do not make my love look older.

Answer 2

Answer:

"Do not make my love look older."

Explanation:

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